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20. Ocean Terror (1998)

This filmmaker's futuristic scarefest follows a collection of attention-grabbing supporting players playing soldiers of fortune contracted to sink the passenger vessel the main setting. But a enormous cephalopod has beaten them to it! Including the potential cephalopod fodder are Famke Janssen as a jewel thief.

19. The 1900 Story (1998)

A baby, left on the ocean-going ship a fictional ship, develops to be a accomplished musician (Tim Roth) who refuses to leave the boat. The climax of this filmmaker's imaginative story is the protagonist fighting a keyboard contest with a historical figure, somewhat unjustly shown as a smug bastard.

18. Waterworld (1995)

The main star acts as a fighter-inspired nomad with webbed feet and a modified sailing vessel in this megabudget science fiction adventure, located in a later era where vanishing ice sheets have inundated the world. All people is seeking legendary terra firma while resisting the antagonist and his gang of continuously smoking marauders.

17. The Titanic (1997)

A significant portion of tiresome canoodling between a wealthy lady (the actress) and an free-spirited artist (the male lead) are redeemed by James Cameron's breathtaking depiction of among history's notorious catastrophes. You have to admire the boldness of a film-maker who artfully converts a death toll of numerous victims into an heartening tale of liberation.

16. Ship of Fools (1965)

Working-class people, flamenco dancers and German ideologists rub shoulders on a commercial vessel journeying from Latin America to the Old World in 1933. Stanley Kramer's sweeping drama stars a legendary actress, in her final role, as a unhappy separated woman, but it's Oskar Werner, as the medical officer, and a talented performer, as a aristocratic rebel, who deliver the motion picture with its emotional wallop.

15. Final Journey (1960)

The central vessel is ripped apart in an explosion and the protagonist's wife (the co-star) is trapped in their cabin in this gripping proto-disaster pic. Can the hero and a courageous worker (the supporting player) rescue her before the boat submerges? Interesting note: the Claridon is embodied by the legendary French liner an actual ocean liner.

14. Nile Killing (1978)

Two legendary actresses are part of the homicide possibilities on board a Egyptian riverboat in this celebrity-filled Agatha Christie detective story. Peter Ustinov, as Hercule Poirot, fails to stop numerous characters being killed, which whittles down his persons of interest to a manageable number. Bags more fun than the recent version.

13. Dead Calm (1989)

Nicole Kidman act as a partners seeking to heal from the pain of their son's death by taking their yacht for a trip in the Pacific, where they recover a co-star from a foundering ship. Poor decision! The director's suspense film is basically a horror film at on the ocean, but an ultra-classy one that made her famous.

12. The Maggie Story (1954)

An UK citizen, transporting goods for an US businessman, is tricked into employing a poor condition "Scottish vessel" in this filmmaker's harsh British film in the rebellious tradition of his own earlier film. Predictably, the vessel's UK commander and crew take the two landlubbers for a journey, in multiple interpretations of the expression.

11. Juggernaut (1974)

Richard Lester gives his catastrophe film a social commentary angle in this anxiety-inducing tale of detonators placed on a luxury liner, the fictional ship. What's the correct choice? David Hemmings play bomb disposal experts; Roy Kinnear, as the cruise director, delivers a touching depiction in tragicomic desperation.

10. Ocean Disaster (1972)

This adaptation of this writer's literary work is one of the high points of the seventies catastrophe films. The fictional ship is overturned by a tidal wave, and it's the job of Reverend Gene Hackman to direct his group through the flipped vessel to security. the actress is remarkable as a shopkeeper's wife with a useful experience of athletic swimming.

9. Total Loss (2013)

The main star delivers a late-career masterclass in single character portrayal as a individual fighting to stay alive in the maritime location after his sailing vessel, the main setting, is damaged in a collision with an errant cargo box. It's stressful enough to view, so one can only imagine how physically gruelling it must have been for the 76-year-old star to film.

8. Ship Commander (2013)

The main star does sterling work in among his ordinary-person-in-extraordinary-circumstances performances, as the commander of an American cargo ship seized by Somali pirates off the geographical area. He has great chemistry by another actor ("Now I'm in charge"), providing a sensational film debut as the criminal boss in the director's thriller, inspired by actual incidents. Should the final sequence doesn't bring tears, you have no heart.

7. Geometric Shape (2009)

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